Halo 5: Guardians soundtrack now available to stream on SoundCloud

While we are still over a week away from the release of Halo 5: Guardians on October 27, Microsoft and the game's developer 343 Industries have released the entire soundtrack for the upcoming Xbox One shooter on Soundcloud.

The 39 tracks in the soundtrack include the familiar Halo theme that's been around since the first game in the series in 2001. However, most of the new tracks come from composer Kazuma Jinnouchi. He created several of the tracks in the previous game in the series, Halo 4, before being named as the primary music composer for Halo 5. He has also created music for Metal Gear Solid 4.

In a recent interview with News.com.au, Jinnouchi said he worked closely with the game designers at 343 Industries and spend 10 days of recording time at London's famed Abby Road Studios to record the Halo 5 soundtrack with a 96-piece orchestra.

Should have included a CD of the soundtrack with the LE, or at least the LCE and console bundles, which at way overpriced. They could have put it in the disc holder of the steelbook for the big editions that ridiculously come with digital game copies.

I am starting to resent Microsoft. Bradmente is painfully accurate in pointing out the sad irony in each of these. My Lumia 930 has no way of playing music I should be able to play. I'm a camel and my back is about to break.

Exactly! This is the kind of stuff that kills me about Microsoft. Every time they have the opportunity to simultaneously support and promote another one of their services, they completely fail. It's really inexcusable. Leverage your own things to sell your other things. Business 101.